ReviewExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2017
Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by targeting β-catenin/Tcf4 interactions.
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- LINC00222 regulates FOXO3 to interfere with β-catenin signaling pathway and suppresses prostate cancer progression.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- TELO2-interacting protein 1 (TTI1), a novel Wnt/β-catenin target gene, decreases chemo-sensitivity in colorectal cancer by modulating DNA damage responses.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Article
- Small-molecule LF3 alleviates angiotensin II-induced cardiac dysfunction via attenuating cardiac fibrosis.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Disrupting Akt-Wnt/β-catenin signaling suppresses glioblastoma stem cell growth and tumor progression in immunocompetent mice.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Article
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- Combinatorial Effects of 5-Fluorouracil and Menadione on Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Chinese herbal medicines: the modifier of hepatocellular carcinoma targeting Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Role of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in the development of HCC.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Therapeutic Potential of Natural Compounds to Modulate WNT/β-Catenin Signaling in Cancer: Current State of Art and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Why Is Wnt/β-Catenin Not Yet Targeted in Routine Cancer Care?Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Immunohistochemical Investigation into Protein Expression Patterns of FOXO4, IRF8 and LEF1 in Canine Osteosarcoma.Cancers · 2024Article
- Deciphering the role of transcription factors in glioblastoma cancer stem cells.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024Review
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in liver biology and tumorigenesis.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 2024Review
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- NovelACS pharmacology & translational science · 2023Article
- Anti-PTK7 Monoclonal Antibodies Exhibit Anti-Tumor Activity at the Cellular Level and in Mouse Xenograft Models of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Biophysical Survey of Small-Molecule β-Catenin Inhibitors: A Cautionary Tale.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2022Review
- Target Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Beyond Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.Biology · 2022Review
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Abstract
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway typically shows aberrant activation in various cancer cells, especially colorectal cancer cells. This signaling pathway regulates the expression of a variety of tumor-related proteins, including c-myc and cyclin D1, and plays essential roles in tumorigenesis and in the development of many cancers. Small molecules that block the interactions between β-catenin and Tcf4, a downstream stage of activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, could efficiently cut off this signal transduction and thereby act as a novel class of anticancer drugs. This paper reviews the currently reported inhibitors that target β-catenin/Tcf4 interactions, focusing on the discovery approaches taken in the design of these inhibitors and their bioactivities. A brief perspective is then shared on the future discovery and development of this class of inhibitors. Impact statement This mini-review summarized the current knowledge of inhibitors of interactions of beta-catenin/Tcf4 published to date according to their discovery approaches, and discussed their in vitro and in vivo activities, selectivities, and pharmacokinetic properties. Several reviews presently available now in this field describe modulators of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway, but are generally focused on the bioactivities of these inhibitors. By contrast, this review focused on the drug discovery approaches taken in identifying these types of inhibitors and provided our perspective on further strategies for future drug discoveries. This review also integrated many recently published and important works on highly selective inhibitors as well as rational drug design. We believe that the findings and strategies summarized in this review have broad implications and will be of interest throughout the biochemical and pharmaceutical research community.
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